Wi-Fi Contracts in Scotland

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 114 133
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 +31
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 11 7 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.64% 0.37% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.76% 3.63% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 24
10th Percentile £338 £273 £160
25th Percentile £373 £375 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £400 £484
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -17.31% +75.91%
75th Percentile £447 £425 £513
90th Percentile £463 £433 £550
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

Wi-Fi falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 191 193 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.09% 10.10% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 119 217
10th Percentile £200 £172 £162
25th Percentile £360 £200 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £520 £531 £550
90th Percentile £553 £631 £626
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 13
10th Percentile - £12.00 -
25th Percentile - £13.38 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -48.57% -31.06%
75th Percentile - £18.27 £59.03
90th Percentile £33.38 £19.50 £60.25
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +53.85%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Wi-Fi in Scotland

Wi-Fi
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +12 6 £450 +11.11% 5
Glasgow -15 3 £388 +27.05% 5
North Lanarkshire - 2 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 £313 -
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) WAN
2 7 (63.64%) LAN
3 5 (45.45%) SD-WAN
4 4 (36.36%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (36.36%) Firewall
4 4 (36.36%) IPsec
4 4 (36.36%) Unified Communications
4 4 (36.36%) VPN
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (18.18%) Internet
6 1 (9.09%) 4G
6 1 (9.09%) Network Security
6 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Field Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) High Availability
1 4 (36.36%) Load Balancing
1 4 (36.36%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Budget Management
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) Line Management
4 1 (9.09%) Network Design
4 1 (9.09%) Network Management
4 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CCNA
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) F5
2 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
3 3 (27.27%) Meraki
4 1 (9.09%) BT
4 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 1 (9.09%) Snow